Thought there should be an official comedy thread for those interested. Films, TV, books, comics, etc. Loves, hates, whatever. Post as if it were the "Top Films" or "What Are You Reading" threads.
I am overall most obsessed with The Simpsons and can easily say it defines many of my ideas of humor. Though the show is now an unwatchable shadow of it's former self, I'd say it's still the funniest thing that's ever been on television.
Another good TV comedy classic is Arrested Development.
As far as films go, I have cried from laughter from the following: Boogie Nights, Rushmore, Happiness, Anchorman.
Figured this needed to be done!
Chris Morris: The Day Today, Brass Eye, Jam, Nathan Barley, Four Lions. There is no-one else like him. Not sure how he translates outside the UK.
I also enjoyed Bernard Manning and would regularly see his live shows. Just about indefensible work. And largely incomprehensible outside the north of England.
This Is Spinal Tap is the comedy film gift that keeps on giving. I think it was David Tibet who pointed out that for anyone who has been in bands it's more like a horror film or grim social realism.
Regarding Brit Humor.
Chris Morris is currently one of my fave. I saw everything, but four lions is definitely one of my current obsessions.
When living in UK I was a die hard fan of The league of gentlemen (also psychoville is good, but not as much as the previous effort).
Old Rowan Atkinson (the black adder) and monty python still my fave.
In Italy we had amazing comedies from the 50's to the early 80's, often what you could call "dramedy", with plenty of social criticism without degenerating in political satire like the one we are condemned to watch today. Monicelli, Risi, Salce, ecc were all geniouses
I wonder if any non-Italian appreciate Italian comedy.
A must see is Brutti, sporchi e cattivi. Life of an Italian white trash family in Rome suburbia with an amazing Nino manfredi.
Quote from: tiny_tove on September 25, 2012, 09:34:49 AM
I wonder if any non-Italian appreciate Italian comedy.
I've been told by a bunch of people that when you start collecting Italian sex comedies you reached the bottom in video hell. These people usually started out as gorehounds.
Italian sex-comedy are fun and has been the erotic education of my generation, basically porn without porn scenes, but the best comedies are somewhere else (and has the same level of naked flesh and weirdness).
I have personal obsession for this man who has been an icon for both genres
Lino Banfi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8vr52InjhM&feature=related
Quote from: tiny_tove on September 25, 2012, 11:42:16 AMLino Banfi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8vr52InjhM&feature=related
I laugh my ass off!!!
Grew up on The Goons, Monty Python, and The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, so very into British humour. The Meaning Of Life is one of the definitive funny movies for me - "Now have we, or have we not, done vaginal juices?"
Tony Iommi also referred to This Is Spinal Tap as a documentary. I recall hearing someone reading an interview with him saying "Getting lost going to the stage? We did that millions of times!" Mind you, Bad News is just as funny and I think came first.
Mayall and Edmondson always make me laugh - they recycle those type of characters nearly each time, but make it work each time too.
Aust. humour tends to be too regional, but I like to think that Milo Kerigan, The Brownish Bomber, speaks all languages -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryW29CNO_jw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryW29CNO_jw)
PS - This also made me laugh - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-25/drunk-irishman-fined-over-27stupid27-pub-dare/4279686 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-25/drunk-irishman-fined-over-27stupid27-pub-dare/4279686)
The Bugle podcast is amazing. I have been slowly going through over 200 episodes of it, great stuff.
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on September 26, 2012, 01:54:32 AM
Bad News
Thanx, didn't know of this one. Classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuf7b3ODoOA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuf7b3ODoOA)
damn.. THE GOONS... I discovered them while in Uk...
spike milligan was a complete genious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VskVFchQp-4&feature=relmfu
the "new kids" films were somehow rather funny
loved it. totally demented, but with some moments of pure genious.
Quote from: tiny_tove on September 26, 2012, 09:32:38 AMspike milligan was a complete genious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0n88tZQc4Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0n88tZQc4Q)
"He's exterminated granny!"
"Put her in the curry."
Quote from: theotherjohn on September 26, 2012, 08:53:35 PMthe Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Now we're talking -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PycvJqUyEs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PycvJqUyEs)
"...we're gonna get relief somehow..."
a couple goodens
david cross stuff
paul f tompkins-freak wharf
anthony jeselnik-shakespeare
andy daly-nine sweaters
nick kroll-thank you very cool
I think ari shaffirs revenge for the holocaust just came out, havent heard it but hes a funny jew.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HeEFxgktVg&feature=related
I had a little trouble convincing a pc friend of mine who is a big Bonzo fan but hadn't seen that vid about what exactly was going on in it. Got the impression he didn't really want to know.
Arkhe: I can only agree on the italian sex comedy... I know many collectors that are into this stuff (along with italian disco movies and other strange shit), but I never reached that low myself. :)
a friend of mine recommended the danish tv series "Klovn" - at times its very amusing stuff. it's available for download with english subtitles - worth a try if you want politically incorrect comedy.
Aye. "Murder By Death" is one of the funniest films ever made, but I still think that "Blazing Saddles" & "Young Frankenstein" are the best films ever made!
I am old fart who still laughs at "Bilko" & "Morecombe & Wise" when they come on TV
When I was a youth I tried writing comedy sketches and mailed off to the BBC, but never had a reply!
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on September 30, 2012, 09:43:34 PM
Bob's Burgers
One of my current obsessions. Especially the daughter with glasses.
When she stands still and just says "hhhhhhhh" lamenting herself makes me cry.
One of the nicest disfunctional families of the latest years.
How could I forget Derek & Clive ~ perhaps the funniest material on the planet.
For some reason I could never get the humour in Spinal Tap (although I am a big fan of Christopher Guest films), funny, but not laugh out loud pant wettingly funny and certainly nowhere near as funny as Bad News. That Comic Strip series was excellent - remember Eddie Monsoon? - but I haven't seen it in years, recently watched the first series of Vic Reeves "Big Night Out" on DVD and it just wasn't funny - at all! Sean Lock's "15 Stories High" + John Shuttleworth "500 Bus Stops" are regular watches + still laugh out loud funny.
To classics I am sure people here know ..
BOILS ARE BEAUTIFUL!
Bruce Robinson's
"Withnail & I" (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lviQjSssZI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lviQjSssZI)
and
"How to Get Ahead in Advertising" (1989).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJQHdhjQXgg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJQHdhjQXgg)
Richard E. Grant in great shape! First time I saw Withnail & I was after waking up on a friend's sofa after a huge binge: Totally hung over and with a bad case of jitters. It soothed the experience perfectly.
Quote from: online prowler on October 01, 2012, 08:47:00 PM
Bruce Robinson's
"Withnail & I" (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lviQjSssZI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lviQjSssZI)
One of the best.
damn... it would be worth even only for the dead hare scene!
Another excellent British flick
The boat that rocked, a musical comedy about free radios with an all star cast and some totally classic moments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyXu0mC38SE
The apocaliptic finale is a total classic.
I wonder how many of you know Italy's greatest comedian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5kh2M_S_-4
not to go on a total tangent, but more Withnail and I.
you bloody fool you should never mix your drinks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW7xS3V5jtg&feature=fvwrel
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW7xS3V5jtg&feature=fvwrel)
Curb Your Enthusiasm.
One of the best comedy series ever.
I totally agree on that. Great writing.
Mel Brooks - "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein" - two of the funniest movies ever. Especially Blazing Saddles. A movie like that could never be made in this ULTRA PC FAGGOTRY, but at least the US had a sense of humor in the 1970s.
"Up yours, nigger".
I have been watching Young Frankenstein at least once a year since I have discovered it.
Definitely one of the best movies ever, and not just in comedy.
Brooks wrote some of the best pieces of art in cinema, too bad he completely lost it.
I was watching HIGH ANXIETY a few months ago and still makes me laugh like the first time.
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on October 03, 2012, 05:19:13 AM
not to go on a total tangent, but more Withnail and I.
you bloody fool you should never mix your drinks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW7xS3V5jtg&feature=fvwrel
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW7xS3V5jtg&feature=fvwrel)
Yes! Not so much comedy I don't think, at least not in the "obvious" sense, but worthy of great appreciation for sure. There is something so....grim....about it. Very droll but very drab also. British misery humour!
Quote from: theotherjohn on October 01, 2012, 04:29:56 PM
*Nighty Night (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighty_Night) - extremely funny and twisted black comedy drama from Julia Davis who was in Chris Morris's Jam and Brass Eye; fans of the League of Gentlemen would be wise to see this too, it's utterly brutal!
will have to check this, thanks for the tip. I just watched Jam and really enjoyed it. it's really grim, brutal, bad taste black comedy!
also liked
The league of gentleman
Psychoville
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
uk dark comedy rules
For those who don't know, The Onion is a free satirical newspaper in the states that's generally funny as hell.
Please enjoy this recent article on Kate Middleton's pregnancy.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/cut-this-monster-out-of-me,30602/ (http://www.theonion.com/articles/cut-this-monster-out-of-me,30602/)
and an old favorite
http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-finally-put-in-charge-of-struggling-feminist-m,2338/ (http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-finally-put-in-charge-of-struggling-feminist-m,2338/)
Mel Brooks is great. Classics mentioned - indeed! "To be or not to be" from '83 deserves a mention too. Funny rump about a theatre troupe during WWII. NAZI humour of course... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rIRIZ8thEE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rIRIZ8thEE)
Underwater Love (2011) A pinku musical w score by Stereo Total, and not to forget cinematography by
Christopher Doyle. Highly recommend this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voliNq18aFM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voliNq18aFM)
Regarding tv shows. UK has a lot of good things to offer. Enjoyed Darkplace, Psychoville and League.
I was thinking about late '70s to mid-80s comedies like Animal House(classic),Neighbors, 1941, Zapped, Weird Science, The Last American Virgin, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Hollywood Knights... ugh, had a few more the other day but now, I can't remember them. A few were '80s teen/sex comedies.
Watched "Zombie Ass" yesterday - a Japanese trash movie which had some funny moments
A Christmas Story- classic
Quote from: Peterson on December 26, 2012, 12:03:31 AM
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on December 25, 2012, 11:40:54 PM
A Christmas Story- classic
That's one of those that I have never watched on my own, all the way through. I have probably only seen parts of it totally out of order from it being on every single christmas no matter who I am spending it with.
mmurica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cFHAJ5asMk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cFHAJ5asMk)
Lots of great stand-up comedians already mentioned...Carlin, Hicks, Chappelle, Oswalt. BTW, I think all of Carlin's classic HBO specials are still on Netflix...some of those specials from the 90s are amazing and essential viewing if you consider yourself a fan of comedy.
I just skimmed this thread and I'm not sure I saw anyone mention Louis C.K. yet. He had already made a name for himself as one of the best stand-ups around, but then he went out and created the great tv show Louie. He pretty much does it all...writes all the episodes himself, directs, edits, etc... It all comes from one guy, not the watered-down lowest common denominator product of a group of writers.
Also don't think I've seen anyone mention Doug Stanhope. He's primarily known as one of the two guys who took over hosting The Man Show when the original two left, but that show fucking sucked so don't let that put you off. The guy just wanted a nice paycheck. His stand-up material is very dark and filthy, so obviously would appeal to readers of this board, hehe.
Two of my favorite TV shows while in highschool were Strangers With Candy and Upright Citizen's Brigade. That might have been the best hour of TV comedy ever.
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on December 26, 2012, 09:43:29 PMWhat's the fat black comedian that died this year or last? He was pretty damn good too.
Patrice O'Neil. I'm not very familiar with his material but he was a frequent guest on that
Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn show on Comedy Central years ago and he was pretty good on that. Greg Giraldo is another comedian who died recently and was a guest on that show as well.
A couple years ago when I worked a different job and sat on my ass in front of a computer all day, I listened to comedy podcasts all the time. My favorites were
Comedy Death Ray (now called Comedy Bang-Bang) and
WTF.
Comedy Bang-Bang is improv style with some very funny people.
WTF is an interview format with various celebs hosted by comedian Marc Maron. Not as gut-bustingly funny as Comedy Bang-Bang but still entertaining and worth listening to. Some others that I listened to less frequently were the Pod F. Tomkast (hosted by Paul F. Tompkins) and The Adam Carolla Podcast (funny in spurts, but often veers into angry middle-aged guy ranting)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x92ri6_saturday-night-live-bill-brasky-air_fun
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x92ri9_saturday-night-live-bill-brasky-hol_fun
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v4999612z4HCytFR?h1=To+be+Bill+Brasky
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x95hsk_saturday-night-live-bill-brasky-lit_fun
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v16999067EdNYzmw8?h1=Bill+Brasky-Stock+Broker
Finnish noise experimentation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EZVLvRyLIg
I'll get my coat.
This probably goes into another thread called General warning of unwanted shit films.
The gods must be crazy I, II, III.
Samurai Cop
(1989) Soon to be reissued on dvd. Hilarious action comedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1SxcBEbSsY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1SxcBEbSsY)
I am definitely looking forward to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n__1Y-N5tQk
recently I fell in love with a very silly Italian Tv series named MARIO, nothing new, quite surreal/demented series with a very talented main guy and several crazy side-actors.
I hope he won't get repetitive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwv7yPRRCac
Peep Show; It's literally the only comedy show that consistently gets better and that makes me bursting out laughing out loud whichever mood I happen to be in when I'm watching it. If you like your humor a bit dark I would say this is your remedy.
An episode I enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfSJnAlQsK0
I saw the first two episodes and definitely want to see more. superb writing and main character has a perv face.
Quote from: Keretja on July 11, 2013, 03:02:23 AM
Peep Show; It's literally the only comedy show that consistently gets better and that makes me bursting out laughing out loud whichever mood I happen to be in when I'm watching it. If you like your humor a bit dark I would say this is your remedy.
An episode I enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfSJnAlQsK0
This was far better than I remembered it to be. Quite caustic and acid black humour. Very well written. Will check out more, thanx!
peep show gets better and better. i didn't enjoy the last season tho minus 1 or 2 scenes.
Freaked (1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxtoMckx9-Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxtoMckx9-Q)
I'm a huge comedy nerd, perhaps as important a part of my life as music and noise are.
So many favourites to list, some of which have already been mentioned.
Reeves and Mortimer are indeed sublime, and a definite key influence on the sense of humour I have now. A great example of well executed weird humour that managed to get into the mainstream. (a far cry from "lol random" utter shit like The Mighty Boosh)
The Simpsons was truly great obviously, anything before season 11 is well worth anyone's time I think. Never was anything so simultaneously popular and subversive. A real shame that it's become the sort of mediocrity it used to lampoon so expertly and ruthlessly. I've heard criticisms of most of the episodes having happy endings, which of course would be required for a prime time family orientated sitcom, but they always had some cynical bent to them, such as Homer crying at his children "both being losers" when they decide to call it a tie in a hockey game, or again Homer declaring he'd learned nothing from media lying when asked if he'd learnt a lesson from being falsely portrayed as a sex offender on TV.
When it comes to stand up I used to favour US stuff, but I've come round more to UK stand up comedy in recent years. Obviously, like in any country, the majority of it is useless crap, especially the more mainstream stuff, but comedians like Stewart Lee, Daniel Kitson, Simon Munnery and Jerry Sadowitz manage to deliver material both substantial and hilarious, that rewards re-visitation.
US comedy unit PFFR are possibly my favourite comedy people ever, everything they have produced is totally brilliant. Clearly some influence from UK innovators like Chris Morris but taken much further into some truly head scrambling genius. Xavier:Renegade Angel manages to be both flippant and profound, mocking new age overanalysis, yet warranting thorough analysis as it is totally dense with brilliant jokes and writing, and presented in a wilfully alienating style to put off those who aren't willing to look beyond the deliberately hideous visual style and ridiculously fast pace. Wonder Showzen is endlessly creative and funny, one of the most bitter and savage satires imaginable. Delocated is the most "accessible" show they've made perhaps, full of very low brow silliness that in the wrong hands would be simply cringe worthy. But it is brilliantly performed and written, packed with the trademark PFFR meta humour taken to insane heights. The Heart She Holler is a shamelessly gruesome gothic soap opera, which I can imagine appealing highly to fans of melodramatic trash auteurs such as John Waters and George Kuchar. Shades of the most disturbing elements of Twin Peaks abound as well, but done in a really camp and casual way. PFFR rule!
A lot of Adult Swim shows I find do unfortunately fit into the aforementioned "lol random" category but they've made some really great stuff too. Of Tim & Eric produced material I enjoy Check It Out! With Dr Steve Brule the most, wonderfully wrong late night hazy atmosphere to that one. The Eric Andre show is amazing as far as newer comedy goes, similarly brilliant late night public access TV feel to it.
Nathan For You is another recent one I've found highly appealing, very original concept and fantastically played. The best "reality" comedy I've seen, the presenters deadpan aspergic delivery fitting the material perfectly.
I'm missing out on a ton but that's enough to be getting on with.
Quote from: Half Aborted on August 19, 2013, 06:25:39 PM
US comedy unit PFFR are possibly my favourite comedy people ever, everything they have produced is totally brilliant. Clearly some influence from UK innovators like Chris Morris but taken much further into some truly head scrambling genius. Xavier:Renegade Angel manages to be both flippant and profound, mocking new age overanalysis, yet warranting thorough analysis as it is totally dense with brilliant jokes and writing, and presented in a wilfully alienating style to put off those who aren't willing to look beyond the deliberately hideous visual style and ridiculously fast pace. Wonder Showzen is endlessly creative and funny, one of the most bitter and savage satires imaginable. Delocated is the most "accessible" show they've made perhaps, full of very low brow silliness that in the wrong hands would be simply cringe worthy. But it is brilliantly performed and written, packed with the trademark PFFR meta humour taken to insane heights. The Heart She Holler is a shamelessly gruesome gothic soap opera, which I can imagine appealing highly to fans of melodramatic trash auteurs such as John Waters and George Kuchar. Shades of the most disturbing elements of Twin Peaks abound as well, but done in a really camp and casual way. PFFR rule!
100% Agree. Wonder Showzen was particularly brutal in the way they provoked people during the street skits. The episode in the second season where's it nothing but asking people to be entertaining is so highlarious and cruel. I cannot recommend the show enough. And Xavier.... perfection! At least in the first season.
I had really hoped when Adult Swim was having a contest for viewers to vote on a pilot that the PFFR pilot would when, which was like a Teen Nick style satire.
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on August 19, 2013, 09:18:18 PMI had really hoped when Adult Swim was having a contest for viewers to vote on a pilot that the PFFR pilot would when, which was like a Teen Nick style satire.
Totally 4 Teens? Yeah the pilot of that is good stuff, it's a shame it never became a series, though PFFR are always chipping away on something amazing so it doesn't bother me what they're making as long as it's something. Really looking forward to The Heart She Holler series 2. Vernon Chatman's book Mindsploitation (http://www.mindsploitation.com/) is essential also, the funniest book I've ever read with a simple but highly original concept. There's a film equivalent called the Final Flesh he made as well which is the same idea but with porn companies instead. Really hard to watch in the best possible way.
ah I worship Final Flesh but forgot to mention it. Melted my brain the first time i watched it. and gave me a boner
If you're a fan of Final Flesh, which is a brainmelter for sure, do check out the Mindsploitation book. He hires the shadiest, most inept online essay writing companies he can and gives them the most imaginatively ridiculous scenarios to write about.
pffr sounds VERY interesting... where should I begin with?
I have just discovered that Ted Chippington lives around the corner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcXj_ZdKmcQ will have to see if he's up for a pint and a chat ... (I live on the same street as The Krankies)!!
Quote from: tiny_tove on August 20, 2013, 09:33:44 AM
pffr sounds VERY interesting... where should I begin with?
I'd say Wonder Showzen is the best starting point, though it's all fairly equally fine I think.
Quote from: Steve on August 20, 2013, 09:48:19 AM
I have just discovered that Ted Chippington lives around the corner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcXj_ZdKmcQ will have to see if he's up for a pint and a chat ... (I live on the same street as The Krankies)!!
Haha, that's great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nvg3S4xn8A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY05HQHYvvA
Quote from: theotherjohn on September 26, 2012, 08:53:35 PMIf you like This Is Spinal Tap, be sure to see Christopher Guest's other improvisational films; Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind - they're all riotously funny. Fred Willard's characters especially kill me everytime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D421N6xlisg
This outfit are breathtakingly brilliant really - if you look at the outtakes on the DVDs they are just as great as the movies. Amazing improvisational work.
I may be wrong on this, but wasn't Peter Sotos briefly involved in his youth with Chicago's 'Second City' troupe? In a way this underground comedy scene is comparable to underground music. A crew of wonderful eccentric individuals.
Fred Willard arrest details - http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/fred-willard-arrested-lewd-conduct-porn-theater-embarrassing-hell-article-1.1123550 - he seems to have talked himself out of the trouble in a very charming fashion.
Disorganized Crime (1989)
Haven't seen this in ages, but remember it to be both funny and stupid. This was way back when the tv series LA LAW was king.
(http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/73876-3/1565disorganized_crime.jpg)
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM6qtaVodvw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM6qtaVodvw)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_jB6tfjTbE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_jB6tfjTbE)
Some random quotes:
Movies which i still like are all Monty Python's movies, Marx Bros' Duck Soup and Blake Edwards' The Party (Greatest ending for a movie ever)
Movies which i'm bored with them are some outdated ones such as any Leslie Nielsen's films, Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men With Tights and Dracula: Dead and i love it (especially the last one was awful), Top Secret, Airplane, Johnny English (What's the purpose of a sequel? Seriously...) and many others.
I could see again Police Academy series for only two reasons: Michael Winslow + Leslie Easterbrook
When i look on today's spoof and parody movies, really can't stand them (Scary Movies etc.)
John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson - Beekeeping -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGFz9gt0-Fc
league of gentlemen new season apparently in the works
EASTBOUND & DOWN.
(http://www.mediamarketjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eastbound-and-down.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy3jeAHM1Lk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy3jeAHM1Lk)
This is one of my fav comedy shows. The main character is way beyond social norms and values, w a ego that don't fit in any hat plus a high degree of narcism and possibly an edge of sociopath tendencies as well. In other words check it out!
Snuff Box
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqDbb7-dn9A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqDbb7-dn9A)
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on October 17, 2013, 05:42:02 PM
Snuff Box
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqDbb7-dn9A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqDbb7-dn9A)
pure. gold. everytime.
Quote from: Half Aborted on August 19, 2013, 06:25:39 PM
The Heart She Holler is a shamelessly gruesome gothic soap opera, which I can imagine appealing highly to fans of melodramatic trash auteurs such as John Waters and George Kuchar. Shades of the most disturbing elements of Twin Peaks abound as well, but done in a really camp and casual way. PFFR rule!
I'm almost done watching the second season...it's incredible that something this completely insane is actually broadcast on TV. PFFR stuff is great and usually pretty wacky, but The Heart She Holler has got to be the biggest mindfuck of them all. Glad to see they brought Amy Sedaris aboard for this season, she was great on Strangers With Candy and somehow manages to be even more repulsive in this role.
PFFR stuff is a lot like other Adult Swim stuff...very odd alternative comedy that caters to stoned people. Except PFFR stuff is entertaining, as opposed to Tim & Eric which is just irritating. I do like Check it Out with Dr. Steve Brule, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTNZYEOll2Q
ive been listening to the opie and anthony show at work with fancy new peltor headphones and jim norton cracks me up something bad.
Quote from: Si Clark on October 30, 2013, 05:18:48 PM
I should be working but have been spending ages watching clips from Snuff Box. I love this scene so much - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vGkgC_5Ppo
I wish Christopher Lee really did do porno, 'cause that would be comedy gold!
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on November 01, 2013, 04:03:15 PM
Quote from: Si Clark on October 30, 2013, 05:18:48 PM
I should be working but have been spending ages watching clips from Snuff Box. I love this scene so much - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vGkgC_5Ppo
I wish Christopher Lee really did do porno, 'cause that would be comedy gold!
That would be amazing! I presume he would do abduct/rape films? Yes?
Snuff Box is really good. Highly recommended! Skilled actors, fun script.
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/andy-kaufmans-brother-says-comedian-alive-love-daughter-050000280.html
my friend and I, both bored at work having some fun
http://imgur.com/gallery/uo3kl (http://imgur.com/gallery/uo3kl)
Jim Jefferies is fucking brilliant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9bXXMprL4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9PiqCeLEmM&list=UUGm3CO6LPcN-Y7HIuyE0Rew
I was recommended Russell Peters. Never watched any of these stand-ups. But it's great to watch it when hung over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPAhZaxKGoU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPAhZaxKGoU)
UTOPIA
UK tv series. Black humour/thriller within conspiracy frame. Worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01VGtX9xfh0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01VGtX9xfh0)
----
Also, be sure to check out the US flick Wrong Cops. Bizarre and keel over weirdness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0b5y4lGunk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0b5y4lGunk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTdOGsWq9oM#t=250
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Z375WQ9xU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Z375WQ9xU)
Totally for Teens - failed pilot by the people who did Wonder Showzen and Xavier
wish it had been picked up
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer (UK) have a new show starting next Tuesday on BBC. Taking the traditional sit-com stories and re-writing them. It could very well be terrible, if so I will be sorely disappointed as I was a very big fan of Reeves and Mortimer once upon a time, but at least they're doing some new non-game show (in the loosest sense) comedy.
For the unfamiliar (possibly anyone outside of the UK, don't know how well they exported?) The Smell Of Reeves and Mortimer from a good few years ago was mostly senseless and anarchic and, whilst not as black and grimy as the likes of The Young Ones and to an extent Bottom, was very well written and crafted.
Regarding C. Lee and porn..
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/5ee6f5f7972b1712cc8966bce66766aa/tumblr_my7bxcJn871spnykgo1_500.jpg)
Quote from: martialgodmask on January 11, 2014, 01:39:53 PM
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer (UK) have a new show starting next Tuesday on BBC. Taking the traditional sit-com stories and re-writing them. It could very well be terrible, if so I will be sorely disappointed as I was a very big fan of Reeves and Mortimer once upon a time, but at least they're doing some new non-game show (in the loosest sense) comedy.
For the unfamiliar (possibly anyone outside of the UK, don't know how well they exported?) The Smell Of Reeves and Mortimer from a good few years ago was mostly senseless and anarchic and, whilst not as black and grimy as the likes of The Young Ones and to an extent Bottom, was very well written and crafted.
do you remember the weekenders?
it was a pilot for a C4 series, but the channel picked another contender (!)
vic and bob wrote and starred in it, and it featured a wonderful moment involving phil oakley and a quality meat product :-D
AND a beautiful synth guitar solo!!
http://distractify.com/fun/bizarre/the-most-epic-text-pranks-of-all-time/
the second made me crack
I cannot grasp most French comedy, but this still makes me crack like when I was a kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4jScFl6s6Y
http://www.theage.com.au/world/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-pupils-20140211-hvbvq.html (http://www.theage.com.au/world/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-pupils-20140211-hvbvq.html)
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on February 11, 2014, 01:49:50 PM
http://www.theage.com.au/world/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-pupils-20140211-hvbvq.html (http://www.theage.com.au/world/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-pupils-20140211-hvbvq.html)
HÆ!HÆ!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knk7Kh7mKKI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knk7Kh7mKKI)
probably mentioned before, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. i love this song.
Thank "Cracked" for the link.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/ervin-mckinness-driving-drunk-tweet-yolo-dies-car-crash-dui-_n_1880348.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/ervin-mckinness-driving-drunk-tweet-yolo-dies-car-crash-dui-_n_1880348.html)
Sardinian humor is quite hardcore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv2FfyJ7nQs
Bill Murray in
'The man who knew to little' (1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2bMmtNRpI8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2bMmtNRpI8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pQAWOCofXo
this made ma crack
Not bad..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSC82fYpiW4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSC82fYpiW4)
the best comedy for my is "Californication", special first serie
(http://i.somethingawful.com/u/garbageday/2015/Phriday/Sitcoms/Machai_11.png)
cracked me up, the whole thread is from is good though...
http://www.somethingawful.com/photoshop-phriday/make-sitcoms-worse/1/ (http://www.somethingawful.com/photoshop-phriday/make-sitcoms-worse/1/)
Comedy or horror, I'll let you decide: https://youtu.be/q7reSQd3uiA
Holy fuck :D
The sound clips sounded interesting. I suspect he'd shit his pants if he ever heard Junko.
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on March 19, 2015, 07:52:42 AMThe sound clips sounded interesting. I suspect he'd shit his pants if he ever heard Junko.
Actually you're right. Taken out of context, they'd make a nice backing layer for a track. In fact I had something like that in mind...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-cYoQ4MdCM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3zRp-Dywxg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-cYoQ4MdCM
quite obsessed by Maccio Capatonda. Currently very fashionable and commercial Italian comedy, but with a surreal touch that left me breathless many times
http://femsplain.com/the-girl-who-sits-in-starbucks/ (http://femsplain.com/the-girl-who-sits-in-starbucks/)
But of course...
(http://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/jewdriver2ndgladn.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySrhIy2cyJY
(http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-940/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/22/1429697390673/ffa6c43e-aada-4dd1-bc28-24c8805ebf26-1020x776.jpeg)
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on March 22, 2015, 03:49:32 AM
http://femsplain.com/the-girl-who-sits-in-starbucks/ (http://femsplain.com/the-girl-who-sits-in-starbucks/)
Why did I just read that?! Haha. Very comedic indeed. I'm sure her NYT bestseller is almost upon us!
For me it would be stuff like The Young Ones, Monty Python, Blackadder, old Simpsons, South Park, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Beavis and Butthead (especially their commentary on music videos... one of the best ones being the one they did for the Poison video, hahaha!), Cromartie High School (especially the episode about trolling), The Whitest Kids U Know, Married With Children, Chappelle's Show (Clayton Bigsby, hehehe), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Monkey Dust.
And for movies, Fletch, Idiocracy, Tunnel Vision, Airplane, Spinal Tap, Fear of a Black Hat (the rap version of Spinal Tap), and Happiness are a few that come to mind.
Checked out some of the stuff mentioned here and got into Peep Show, Bob's Burgers, Nighty Night, and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
It's no surprise at all that Rowan Atkinson has appeared in this thread (Blackadder was and will remain hilarious, thanks largely to scriptwriters Richard Curtis & Ben Elton) - but Mr. Bean? Certainly his most financially rewarding character (a fleet of Aston Martin's don't come cheap) unlike Beans' gags: ten-a-penny sub-Benny Hill prop-based funnies. Next time you praise the rubber-mouth fool for his wit, consider Monsieur Hulot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Hulot).
It's a shame as it started so well w/ his membership of the Not The Nine O'Clock News (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_the_Nine_O%27Clock_News) collective.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Not-the-Nine-Oclock-News.jpg)
Oddly, Pam Stevenson abandoned comedy (could her marriage to Scottish comic Billy Connolly be implicated?) and now writes a agony aunt column specialising in sexual relationship issues for The Guardian ...
(http://991.com/NewGallery/Not-The-Nine-OClock-News-The-Memory-Kinda-564757.jpg)
I was raised on this double LP; it even reached the top ten UK album charts - unheard of for what is essentially a spoken word album.
Speaking of Scottish comedians, let us not overlook Jerry Sadowitz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sadowitz) he's a tough man to find on YouTube what w/ his ruthless take-down approach but money spent on a Sadowitz gig is money outrageously well spent.
You can find an example of his oeuvre here (https://soundcloud.com/houd/jerry-sadowitz-dear-jim). Prescient for the time. Beautiful.
I'd echo the comments regarding Python's, The Meaning Of Life. Untouchable weapons grade comedy.
I admit I found some of the Mr Bean skits funny. Nothing side splitting but cute enough to pass the time. And I certainly didn't see it as original - more than a shade of Chaplin I thought.
The Brits do love their slapstick. Even right-on "alternative" comedians like Adrian Edmenson and Rik Mayal ended up paying their bills with it in endless "Bottom" pantos. There's something about one or two helpless yet determined idiots stumbling about hurting themselves and each other that is just timelessly funny, when it's done with the right style.
Not The Nine O'Clock News was good. Somewhat dated but it kinda lingers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLgeiRO63mE).
This lingers too, kinda:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkzxGr4Yx8U
German's are strange: it's written in stone.
Christmas-in Christmas-out they drag this corpse from the deepest pit of Comedy Fail. And the best part is: it's British, and none but the oldest has even heard of it there...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN9edpdCH7c
Go figure.
And of course - Atkinson has parodied this sketch as Bean - what a comedic parasite he is.
I remember seeing another version of it, what looked like a staged production and shot in colour. That was a while ago now.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/593078/Tuba-player-trolls-KKK-march-with-mocking-soundtrack
lol
I dumped this in the Pornography Appreciation / Sexual curiousities / etc topic probably more worth while here:
This is funny as shit I've put the link to the Frequently Asked Questions page so you can see pretty much from there what the site is about and that it's not just a list of kid toucher cybersex chatlogs and I get banded out of hand.
http://baiting.org/FAQ/
It's baiting paedophiles (and such) not bating kids.
I came up with a joke yesterday:
We all know the story of the little boy who cried wolf: four times he ran up the hill crying 'wolf', when there was no wolf. All the villagers came out to scare the wolf away and when they saw there was no wolf, they shouted at him for tricking them and wasting their time, and he'd run down the hill laughing. On the fifth time there WAS a wolf so when the little boy ran up the hill crying 'wolf', he was ignored and the wolf raced into the village and ate everyone, apart from a three year old girl who the little boy raped.
So, what was the reaction at the dinner table with that one?
Here are TWO more jokes that I've come up with:
Q. What's on the lips of the fashionistas in battered women's shelters?
A. Blood!!
...
Q. What was on all the lips of the fashionistas in Africa last year?
A. The ebola virus!!
(next year replace 'ebola virus' with 'cervical cancer')
Fun things a person could have said or asked Christopher Reeve before he died (RIP).
When was the last time you were washed? You smell like a horse!
Catch!
Has snapping your neck made you reconsider your sexuality? Are you bisexual now?
Can I feed you?
Can you still fly?
Pull my finger.
Wanna borrow my pocket pussy?
Did you clap at your kid's piano recital?
Heads up!
Stop drumming your fingers, it's rude.
Can I fuck your armpit?
Have you ever changed your own colostomy bag?
You'll still have hormones swirling round in your head, I'd bet you get horny as fuck.
What's the weather like down there?
Stop farting.
What does pussy taste like?
Look out!
Hand me my gun.
poor design
http://9gag.com/gag/anBo35z
ted nugent!!
my favoriti:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7yL-bSFd4A
Quote from: pentd on December 29, 2015, 08:43:20 AM
ted nugent!!
my favoriti:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7yL-bSFd4A
For some reason, that video is not available in my country despite the fact that Ted Nugent lives less than 30 miles from me. Weird.
BILL COSBY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAorIG6MZnc
DOUG STANHOPE is disappointed he wasn't included in the manifesto by a cop killer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8cMcRhSlDU
"I'm Doug Stanhope, and that's why I drink."
Moar cartoons!!
Harsh Noise Wally:
http://harshnoisewally.tumblr.com/
Electric Retard:
http://www.groin.com/funny/trolsk/electricretard/
Dilbert Hole:
http://www.gatorglory.com/funnies/dilbert_hole/index.html
Quote from: Deadpriest on April 14, 2016, 04:20:16 PM
Harsh Noise Wally:
http://harshnoisewally.tumblr.com/
I stumbled over this a few weeks ago. A couple of them are sort of clever, others feel like they might have been written by someone making fun of goth/emo culture ten years ago. Then again, I don't know much about this whole online HNW culture that seems to have exploded (and gone away?) a few years ago, so perhaps it's spot on? Anyone with insight into that scene that can shed some light?
Quote from: Stoa on May 05, 2016, 02:50:48 PM
Quote from: Deadpriest on April 14, 2016, 04:20:16 PM
Harsh Noise Wally:
http://harshnoisewally.tumblr.com/
I stumbled over this a few weeks ago. A couple of them are sort of clever, others feel like they might have been written by someone making fun of goth/emo culture ten years ago. Then again, I don't know much about this whole online HNW culture that seems to have exploded (and gone away?) a few years ago, so perhaps it's spot on? Anyone with insight into that scene that can shed some light?
I read an interview with the dude from Vomir saying that interest from beyond hardcore noise fans has dropped away.
http://business.monash.edu/news-and-events/news/lecturer-faces-new-heights (http://business.monash.edu/news-and-events/news/lecturer-faces-new-heights)
Quote"By climbing the seven summits we want to prove that vegans can do anything and more."
Dr Maria Strydom, who died trying to climb Mount Everest.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/maria-strydom-collapsed-15-mins-from-everest-top-20160529-gp6sg4.html (http://www.smh.com.au/world/maria-strydom-collapsed-15-mins-from-everest-top-20160529-gp6sg4.html)
Q. Why did God create Pizza Hut?
A. To punish man for his complacency in allowing the holocaust to happen.
Q. Why did God create the doobey Brothers?
A. It was an experiment in bacteria collection.
Q. What do you get when you cross the Red Hot Chilli Peppers with an octopus?
A Junkies with eight arms to shoot up into.
-Neil Hamburger
Why did the barber tell Metallica to shave their heads?
He said it was the only way they could get all the matted come out of it!
-Neil Hamburger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFoOcr01HBk
Kunt and the Gang
kunt and the gang...
chav low life scum at their best-eclipsing
all towie types for ever.
completely obsessed
ho ho.
Marco, in Italy but still chav obsessed!
when will there be a 'pigsty' vol2?
clearly there is much more material that you are interested in.
"Let's have a wank for Eeeeengland...".
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on August 20, 2016, 03:11:11 AM
"Let's have a wank for Eeeeengland...".
what image will you have for this?
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on August 20, 2016, 03:11:11 AM
"Let's have a wank for Eeeeengland...".
where is the quote from?
Quote from: david lloyd jones on August 24, 2016, 08:48:08 PM
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on August 20, 2016, 03:11:11 AM
"Let's have a wank for Eeeeengland...".
where is the quote from?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FBwTuJLlu0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FBwTuJLlu0)
There used to be a good animated version on YouTube but sadly I couldn't find it.
Quote from: david lloyd jones on August 19, 2016, 08:28:16 PM
ho ho.
Marco, in Italy but still chav obsessed!
when will there be a 'pigsty' vol2?
clearly there is much more material that you are interested in.
The Great British Underclass - the eternal fountain of...of what really? There's much to gawk at. Watch a million she beasts cackling on Jeremy Kyle, hear them shrieking from down the road, watch the beefed up Subaru's woosh past with a steady 4/4 beat fed by massive sound systems, Stella consumers, VK swigging slags hoping to get fucked down the pub alley, tramp stamps/chest tattoos with their childrens names, fake tans, big ear rings, GBH, ASBO's...
That's the white folk. Then there are the blacks, the blicks. They have poor taste and behavioural problems too.
I love England!
despite the fact I hated many things of living in the UK there are many aspects I am missing... maybe it is true that you love things the most once you are far away.
there will be surely other Brit oriented tracks in the future... preparing a new release that include a long audio postcard from lovely Felixstowe:
(http://www.felixstowe.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DSC_11591.jpg)
true story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM98mq_kKvI
Why don't the English speak English any more?
"awright mate?"
" lovely Felixstowe"
Cool cars! Took me a minute to notice them.
The English language is in good hands on the Jeremy Kyle Comedy show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXb3xzQVHSA
One of the cleaners at work mentioned how her kids had been invited to settle a dispute on the JK show. One colleague (he's a bleeding heart lefty) pleaded with her to stop them from doing it. He tried to explain that it's a freak show and that people only watch it to laugh at the idiots who are on there but to no avail. She was proud that her children were on TV.
Proof that England's chaviest footballer, Jamie Vardy, was a thief before he made it in football.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPNl24Hx_bg
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on August 25, 2016, 08:28:57 PM
" lovely Felixstowe"
Cool cars! Took me a minute to notice them.
My mum is from Felixstowe. That's why i'm so fucked up.
What's wrong with Felixstowe?
It just sucks. LOL.
It's a small seaside town with a long promenade and hundreds of arcades, bingos, ecc. at peak times hundreds of people walks up and down the street like zombies showing their flaccid bodies, prison tattoos, getting wasted in the middle of the morning.
hundreds of retired people.
it is the place where everybody goes because of the beach, but the sea is dirty, trash everywhere, human garbage, ecc.
chav summer resort.
and it is just depressing ad it stinks.
there are really nice places on the coast in that area (I love Dunwich), but Felistowe is just awful.
At least the poms are keeping their accents. Down here you'd think you were in the US. Or at least trapped in Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl". If I had money every time I heard "I was like" or "oh my god" I'd own the planet.
Quote from: tiny_tove on August 26, 2016, 09:32:38 AM
It just sucks. LOL.
It's a small seaside town with a long promenade and hundreds of arcades, bingos, ecc. at peak times hundreds of people walks up and down the street like zombies showing their flaccid bodies, prison tattoos, getting wasted in the middle of the morning.
hundreds of retired people.
it is the place where everybody goes because of the beach, but the sea is dirty, trash everywhere, human garbage, ecc.
chav summer resort.
and it is just depressing ad it stinks.
there are really nice places on the coast in that area (I love Dunwich), but Felistowe is just awful.
just like so many uk seaside towns.
part of the charm.
just to mention to any h p hovercraft fans uk Dunwich has nothing to do with his fiction
likely it is stranger
and not to forget the 'carry on' contribution to uk seasides, 'carry on girls', a nadir of comedy that had no zenith in the first place
thanks for the hints.
I only saw a couple of the carry on movies and found them entertaining.
which are the best of the series?
so...
to everybody : 5 British comedies you cannot live without (excluding monty python, peter sellers and the black adder... I have seen everything of them)
I have probably already quoted The league of gentlemen (and also Room No. 9 and Psychoville).
Jam is great and Nighty Night didn't get the exposure it deserved. Julia Davies did a brilliant pilot called Lizzie and Sarah (it wasn't puicked up as it was too dark for TV apparently) which is worth tracking down
I love Green Wing and IT crowd too.
Does Father Ted count as English? I mean, it's funnier than death but does it count?
I put "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister" among the top of the heap. Some platinum moments from that. "The New Statesman" was good for the first series or so. I used to have a dvd of "In The Thick Of It" that I recall was quite good, although not gut-busting as such. But yea, "Yes Prime/Minister" is essential UK funny.
Bottom fucking ruled at first, but some of those live show tours - well, I only tasted them from YouTube but still...
EDIT - Actually, on that note, what about The Dangerous Brothers? Pretty dangerous stuff as I'm sure you'll agree.
Mix of older classics and newer things, just watch whatever you can find and it'll be brilliant.
Alan Partridge (all)
Brasseye
Day Today
Reeves & Mortimer (Smell of & Bang, Bang It's)
Armando Iannucci Shows
Nathan Barley
Black Books
League of Gentlemen (I know it's been mentioned, but it's just so brilliant it needs saying again)
many thanks!
keep them coming I am always open to these
I really enjoyed what I have understood of Chewin the fat
and Chris Morris is God of course...
I was confined in the UK when they aired the Pedo episode of Brasseye and became an instant classic.
Big train and The day today too.
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on September 01, 2016, 05:50:21 PM
Does Father Ted count as English? I mean, it's funnier than death but does it count?
i'm irish and yes, father ted counts as being english.
The episode with the town fair is absolutely cult.
That would be an ecumenical matter.
well... then of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esOiB_fanzI
Spike Milligan (both as solo and with the Goon show)-
missing from the Chris Morris worship appears to be 'blue'-a TV extension of the radio version 'blue jam'.
this was repeated later in the week with colours tweaked and vocals echoed a bit to be more fucked up when you came home from the pub on a Friday.
the whole series was tucked as it was free of pastiche of TV staples such as sitcom, news.
don't think he could of got more out there than this-bit like Ballard and atrocity exhibition.
Quote from: tiny_tove on September 02, 2016, 05:35:04 PM
well... then of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esOiB_fanzI
Spike Milligan (both as solo and with the Goon show)-
not forgetting his Q series, at least part revealing his mental health issues as his comedy (and the casual sexism and racism of the time)
Father Ted is 100% to be considered relevant here. Primarily because of its brilliance but it must also be mentioned this is due to its being a channel 4 production rather than an Irish show that got licensed.
Quote from: Duncan on September 02, 2016, 08:44:22 PM
Father Ted is 100% to be considered relevant here. Primarily because of its brilliance but it must also be mentioned this is due to its being a channel 4 production rather than an Irish show that got licensed.
100% English production with arguable Irish intent.lat's face it, we all hate the catholic
whichever, funny as fuck in all episodes.
even funnier with repeats.
let's face it, we all hate the catholic church hierarchy, with all it's dirty baggage
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-08/c-u-in-the-nt-tourism-slogan-causes-social-media-stir/8004430 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-08/c-u-in-the-nt-tourism-slogan-causes-social-media-stir/8004430)
Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on November 08, 2016, 05:56:38 AM
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-08/c-u-in-the-nt-tourism-slogan-causes-social-media-stir/8004430 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-08/c-u-in-the-nt-tourism-slogan-causes-social-media-stir/8004430)
ha ha! on going aussie adverts with swearwords generally unacceptable everywhere else in advertisingland.
Neil Hamburger laying into the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmnBMKPIiNA
For the TOAST OF LONDON folks.
'Toast of London: Toast on Toast Cautionary tales and candid advice' audio book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWo1r-qbXZ0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWo1r-qbXZ0)